"school bus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskuːl.bʌs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-school bus.wav Forms: school buses [plural], school busses [plural], schoolbus [alternative], school-bus [alternative]
Etymology: Compound of school + bus. Etymology templates: {{com|en|school|bus}} school + bus Head templates: {{en-noun|+|school busses}} school bus (plural school buses or school busses)
  1. (automotive) A bus which carries children to or from school. Synonyms: yellow bus Related terms: school bus yellow, walking school bus Translations (transport for schoolchildren): skoolbus (Afrikaans), məktəb avtobusu (Azerbaijani), школьны аўтобус (škólʹny awtóbus) [masculine] (Belarusian), autobús escolar [masculine] (Catalan), 校車 /校车 (haau⁶ ce¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 校巴 (haau⁶ baa¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 校車 /校车 (xiàochē) (Chinese Mandarin), školní autobus [masculine] (Czech), skolebus [common-gender] (Danish), schoolbus [masculine] (Dutch), koolibuss (Estonian), koulubussi (Finnish), autobus scolaire [masculine] (French), bus scolaire [masculine] (French), სასკოლო ავტობუსი (sasḳolo avṭobusi) (Georgian), Schulbus [masculine] (German), iskolabusz (Hungarian), bas sekula (Iban), skólabíll [masculine] (Icelandic), skólavagn [masculine] (Icelandic), bus sekolah (Indonesian), scuolabus [masculine] (Italian), pulmino [masculine] (Italian), スクールバス (sukūru basu) (Japanese), 통학 버스 (tonghak beoseu) (Korean), 학교 버스 (hakgyo beoseu) (Korean), 스쿨버스 (seukulbeoseu) (Korean), mokyklinis autobusas [masculine] (Lithuanian), bas sekolah (Malay), сургуулийн автобус (surguuliin avtobus) (Mongolian), chidíłtsoii (Navajo), chidíłtsxooí (Navajo), chidí áłchíní bee naagéhí (Navajo), skolebuss [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skolebuss [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), skulebuss [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), اتوبوس مدرسه (Persian), autobus szkolny [masculine] (Polish), ônibus escolar [Brazil] (Portuguese), autocarro escolar [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), шко́льный авто́бус (škólʹnyj avtóbus) [masculine] (Russian), اسڪول بس (āskol bs) (Sindhi), autobús escolar [masculine] (Spanish), skolbuss [common-gender] (Swedish), okul servisi (Turkish), servis (Turkish), okul otobüsü (Turkish), шкільний автобус (škilʹnyj avtobus) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bws ysgol (Welsh), skoalbus [common-gender] (West-Frisian), שולבוס (shulbus) (Yiddish)
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  2. (metrology, informal) An informal approximate unit of measure, from the length of a stereotypical long-nose non-short bus school bus, approximately 30 feet or 9 metres. Tags: informal Coordinate_terms: city bus, London bus
    Sense id: en-school_bus-en-noun-cn85b-5b Categories (other): Metrology Topics: metrology

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    }
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  "word": "school bus"
}

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